expanses

英 [ɪksˈpænsɪz]

美 [ɪkˈspænsɪz]

n.  一大片，广阔，宽广，浩瀚(尤指陆地或海洋)
expanse的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 广袤;辽阔;浩瀚
  Anexpanse ofsomething, usually sea, sky, or land, is a very large amount of it.
  1. ...a vast expanse of grassland.
     广阔的草原

双语例句

• Researchers have pinpointed the trigger that turns a disordered assembly of locusts into a coordinated marching army capable of devastating vast expanses of crops and natural vegetation.
  科学家发现了让一大群无序的蝗虫变为有秩序行军的蝗群的原因。这种蝗群可以破坏大面积的作物和自然植被。
• Impressionism changed to Fauvism in Braque's hallucinatory forests, where solitary walkers lose themselves in oneiric expanses of yellow and purple& and then to Cubism.
  在布拉克幻觉的森林里，印象派变成了野兽派，孤独的行者迷失在黄色与紫色的茫茫大梦中。
• But for the rest of us, the vast expanses of black text make the print version something to be consulted, not enjoyed.
  但对我们其余人来说，其庞大的内容使印刷版只能用于查询，而不能用于享受阅读的乐趣。
• Determined to pursue greater natural expanses and the origins of life, at age24 Yayanagi embarked on a two year journey through the Mediterranean, Brazil, finally chasing the sun to Africa.
  为了追寻更广阔的自然及生命的起源，矢柳氏于廿四岁那年开始了为期两年的旅程。他周游地中海、巴西，更为著艳阳到过非洲。
• Its vast expanses are relentlessly being tamed and subdivided into plots for family homes, as couples seek inexpensive property and good schools near the city.
  广阔的土地被全部开垦并且分给一个个家庭，居民们在城市周边寻找着便宜的房子和较好的学校。
• Ergs are vast expanses of sand dunes like this area in Oman.
  尔格是巨大的广阔的沙丘就像这样的地区在阿曼。
• We are rich in resources and vast expanses of fertile land.
  我国资源丰富，沃野千里。
• In the endless expanses of sea, with a heart filled with tears, struggling in the tide.
  在一望无际的海洋里，带着满心的泪水在潮水中挣扎。
• For example, many of California's prisons are sited in the Central Valley's wide expanses, in what is sometimes called an "archipelago".
  例如，加利福尼亚许多监狱像人们有时候所说的“群岛”一样分布于中央谷广袤的土地上。
• An air photograph taken at that time would have revealed spotted villages, linked together by unsurfaced roads and separated by expanses of forest or swamp.
  那个年代里做的空中拍照能显示出错落有致的村庄，用凹凸不平的道路连着，也被铺展的一片片森林或沼泽彼此隔开着。